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$6.99/mo
billed monthly after the seven-day trial. cancel any time, one click, from your account.
driftspeak
drift into the language of musicderiva en el idioma de la música
subtitles for your ears.
bilingual audiobooks anchored to the music you love. 8 volumes. 6 languages. 7 days free.
tap the pill above to hear the spanish sample
the shelf
8 albums. 6 languages. 138 chapters.
a sentence in the target language. a sentence in english. then the target language again, slower. each volume is built around one album you already love. each track is a chapter rooted in one song. you didn't fail at language learning. language learning failed you. this is something else.
samples · 30 seconds each
listen first.
when you reach for it
you just bought the tickets.
three weeks before the yoasobi show, you press play on the yoasobi volume. at the concert, a line hits your ear and you recognise it. not because you studied. because it landed during a drift two nights ago.
one price. the whole shelf.
35 hours of audio. one subscription.
every volume driftspeak publishes, included. for everyone who quit duolingo and still cares. seven days free.
annual
$49/yr
$83.88/yr at monthly rate
two months free versus monthly. same catalogue, same player, same place you left off.
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one price. the whole shelf. every volume driftspeak publishes. cancel any time.
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we'll send one email when each new volume lands. nothing else.
questions
what people ask.
what is this, exactly?
bilingual audiobooks anchored to albums you love. a sentence in the target language, then the english, then the target language slower. that's the loop. each volume is built around one real album. each track is a chapter rooted in one song. you press play and drift; the meanings arrive without asking. no streaks. no quizzes. no flashcards. no levels. nothing to complete.
what makes this different from duolingo or a phrasebook?
duolingo is a game with points, streaks, drills. built for the moment you opened the app, not for the rest of your week. a phrasebook is a static translation layer with no rhythm to it. driftspeak is the rhythm. authored prose, voiced in pairs, paced for half-attention. no streaks. no quizzes. no flashcards. no levels. no progress tracking. nothing to complete. think audible in bilingual form, not duolingo with audio.
is this like calm or headspace?
no. think of it as a candlelit alternative to lo-fi. you're not meant to be unconscious for it. you're meant to be on a train, in the bath, on a walk, half-listening to something that happens to be in two languages. it behaves like audio streaming, not meditation. not ambient background noise, not active study. audio that earns a different kind of attention.
what languages?
six languages today, more on the way. spanish (rosalía · lux), japanese (yoasobi · the book), korean (bts · map of the soul: 7 and iu · lilac), mandarin (jay chou · 葉惠美 and mayday · 自傳), cantonese (eason chan · u-87), and brazilian portuguese (bossa nova · a graded reader). one subscription unlocks every volume. current and every one we publish next.
do i need to study? take notes?
no. this is for everyone who quit duolingo and still cares. there's nothing to complete. the format assumes you'll miss half of it the first time and that's fine. the sentences are short, repeated in context, and paced for half-attention. you didn't fail at language learning. language learning failed you. this is something else.
how does the trial work?
seven days free, card on file. full catalogue access. cancel any time before day seven and you're not charged. we'll send a reminder before the trial ends. no dark pattern surprises.
can i cancel?
any time, one click, from your account page. no retention flow, no "are you sure." if you come back, your progress and saved tracks come back with you.